Winnicott is responsible for the concept of the good enough mother, and his refusal to insist on perfection makes him an ideal participant in Nelson's project of celebrating ordinary maternal devotion while castigating the canonisation of the mother that society uses to punish and shame women.
While some traditions of bhakti radically speak out against ritual, devotion in ordinary life is usually embedded in worship, vows, and pilgrimages three major elements within practical Hinduism.
Much closer to the lives and devotion of ordinary folk than the superhuman figures of the founders are the saints, monks, ascetics, and diverse kinds of holy men and women.
Life is a composite of great challenges and devotions that ordinary people like us rise and meet.
Religion, after all, unlike ordinary morality, is a devotion--one professes it--so the Christian hypocrite commits an enhanced crime: hypocrisy about which one should certainly not be hypocritical.
She remembered serenading Bill Cosby with "Bill" and realizing almost instantly that this expression of devotion to an ordinary guy could be taken as series of insults.
Peel suffers no such inhibitions, as anyone will know who has listened to the unfolding weekly mini drama from 'Peel Acres' during his broadcasts - a tale of ordinary folk, in which his devotion to hearth, home and especially his wife 'Pig' have become staples of his shows on both Radio 1 and 4. 'I probably show too much affection.
Teresa Cristina preferred her ordinary life in Brazil, "devoting herself to her family, religious devotions, and charitable works".
Siegfried and Brünnhilde, lost in their love for each other, succeed in remaking the ring as an ordinary trinket, a symbol of their devotion.
The cult fans differentiate themselves from ordinary fans in several ways: longstanding devotion to the film, distinctive interpretations, and fan works.
